Quadricuspid aortic valve: case report and literature review

Abstract

Introduction: Quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare anatomical abnormality, its incidence ranging from 0.008% to 0.033%. Case Report: Wedescribe the case of a female patient with a quadricuspid aortic valve. The direct visualization showed a type E quadricuspid aortic valve. Aftercomplete excision of the valve, it was replaced by a 23mm biological prosthesis. Postoperative recovery was uneventful. Discussion: Since thefirst case, described in 1862, fewer than 200 cases have been diagnosed so far in world literature. Given its frequent association with othercardiac malformations, it is important that physicians seek their preoperative diagnosis.

Editorial

“…"Quadricuspid aortic valve: case report and literature review" is a case report of this rare malformation, which has less than 200 cases published in the literature. In addition to describing the clinical case and the postoperative evolution, the article is followed by an interesting review of the literature, conducted by Dr. Guilherme de Menezes Succi, and collaborators among them the undergraduate Alexandre Czezacki of the Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic [5]. For IAJMH it is very important to make room for the contribution of academics as a way of encouraging undergraduate research.…”